{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-discipline-act-1860/section-XXXVIII",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-discipline-act-1860/section-XXXVIII.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/23-24/123",
  "legislation_title": "Naval Discipline Act 1860",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-discipline-act-1860",
  "path": "section/XXXVIII",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "XXXVIII",
  "heading": "Penalty for Offences punishable by ordinary Law.",
  "text": "Every Person subject to this Act who shall be guilty of Murder shall suffer Death:\nIf he shall be guilty of Manslaughter he shall suffer Penal Servitude, Imprisonment, or such other Punishment as is hereinafter mentioned:\nIf he shall be guilty of Sodomy with Man or Beast he shall suffer Penal Servitude:\nIf he shall be guilty of indecent Assaults he shall suffer Penal Servitude or such other Punishment as is herein-after mentioned:\nIf he shall be guilty of Robbery or Theft he shall suffer Penal Servitude, Imprisonment, or such other Punishment as is hereinafter mentioned:\nIf he shall be guilty of any other Criminal Offence punishable by the Laws of England, he shall be punished either in pursuance of the First Part of this Act as an Act to the Prejudice of good Order and Naval Discipline not otherwise specified, or the Offender shall be subject to the same Punishment as might be awarded by any Civil Tribunal competent to try the Offender.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/23-24/123/section/XXXVIII",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:11:08.179985+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}